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GLICO LIFE appoints new managing director to drive progress

The Board of Directors of GLICO Life Insurance Company Limited have appointed a new Managing Director in the person of Mame Dufie Achampong-Kyei Obeng.She takes...

Listen: IES disappointed in govt over PDS fiasco

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has expressed disappointment in the government for contributing to the challenges associated with the power concession agreement with...

Jospong Group Secures over €20 million Euros for Development in Ghana

The Jospong Group of Companies, with the help of the Hungarian Government, has secured a Facility for various Developmental projects in Ghana.Together with its Hungarian...

Farmers in UER receive animals under Rearing for Food and Jobs

The Veterinary Services in the Upper East Region, have started distributing sheep, cockerels and guinea fowls under the Rearing for Food...

PDS debacle: COPEC calls for prosecution, wants MiDA Board dissolved

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Ghana is demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of all persons whose negligence led to the termination of...

Retaliatory action against Nigeria could complicate trade talks – AGI

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has reacted to calls by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for the closure of Ghana’s Eastern...

Audio: GUTA calls for boycott of Nigerian products

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is calling for a total boycott of all Nigerian products imported to Ghana.The move, the traders union...

GRA issues new directives on auction of goods

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has issued new directives on auction of goods at the ports.The new directive was announced in a statement signed...

Peter Amewu hits NDC over PDS, State-capture claim

Peter Amewu, the Energy Minister has denied claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that there is an attempt by the government to secretly...

Nigeria has taught Ghana how to defy ECOWAS protocols – GUTA

Since late August 2019, Nigeria has closed three of her borders -Seme-Krake, Igolo and Idiroko. According to President Buhari, the move...

Show us you’re committed to fiscal discipline with 2020 budget – IMF tells govt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to show its commitment to fiscal discipline in drafting the 2020 budget.The Fund said this...

Inflation rate for September drops to 7.6%

Inflation rate recorded by the Ghana Statistical services indicates a reduction from the previous figure to 7.6 per cent.The rate is influenced by some...

Y’asem Nie: Why work and pay taxi drivers lose their cars [video]

Promiscuous commercial drivers and those with large families cannot own their own vehicle. This is according to the Director of VASCO Car Work and...

Nduom reacts to demo by Gold Coast Customers

Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has expressed shock at the demonstration organised by customers of Gold Coast Fund Management over their...

Photo: Facts you must know about Wilmar Limited

Wilmar Limited is a Singaporean transnational company and a leading integral agro-business with over 50 companies and 850 manufacturing plants across the globe.The company is...

MTN Ghana is CIMG telecom company of the year

MTN Ghana has been adjudged the 2018 Telecom Company of the Year, Brand Activation of the Year and the Internet Service Provider Company of...

Franklin Cudjoe berates government’s directive to Telcos on CST

Imani Ghana’s president, Franklin Cudjoe, has rebuked a directive from the government to telecommunication companies (Telcos), to halt the upfront deduction of the Communications...

Audio: Majority of contractors accusing govt over debt are 419

Outspoken Constituency chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono region, Kwame Baffoe, has revealed who have for years chased the government for...

Capital Bank collapse: Ato Essien, 3 others plead not guilty as court sets GH¢675m bail

Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien and three others, have pleaded not guiltily to 26 charges including stealing of various sums in...

Video: Abronye further shreds Jospong into pieces; challenges him to debate

The debate about whether or not government’s takeover of Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) is legal is far from over.The Jospong Group of Companies, owners...

Aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund hit street over locked cash

Aggrieved customers of the defunct investment firm, Gold Coast Fund Management, have taken to the streets to demonstrate and present a petition to President...

Photos: Frytol launches maiden edition of ‘Enriching Lives’ cooking competition

Agro-business, Frytol, a subsidiary of Wilmar Africa Limited, on Monday launched a maiden cooking competition dubbed 'Enriching Lives' in Accra. The reality cooking show aims...

‘CST directives should have come from GRA’ – Tax expert criticizes communication ministry

A tax expert has criticised the Ministry of Communications for issuing directives recently, on the way the 9% Communications Service Tax should be charged...

Telcos right in upfront 9% CST charge – Imani Africa

Vice president for Imani Africa, Kofi Bentil, has said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are right in charging the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) upfront,...

COCOBOD distributes coffee seedlings to farmers

The Seed Production Division of COCOBOD, in collaboration with the Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly, has distributed 123,360 coffee seedlings to 226 farmers in the...

COA signs research deal with Alfred Nobel University

The Centre of Awareness (COA) and Global Peace Mission (GPM), manufacturers of the famous COA FS immune booster and COA 72 injectable, have reached an agreement...

Withdraw CST directive – Ato Forson to Communications Minister

Cassiel Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ejumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency wants the government to withdraw a directive to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to halt the...

ICH is up and running – NCA Boss

The Director-General of National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye has said that the Interconnect Clearinghouse (ICH) for the telecom industry is now up and running.Speaking...

Akufo-Addo visits NYU Research Centre, lauds Project

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, October 11, 2019, visited the New York University (NYU) Research Centre for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) at Kumawu...

Re-register your SIM card to be safe – Communications Minister

Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card users to re-register their cards to serve as protection from...

Audio: We will tolerate no excuse for poor service – Minister warns Telcos

Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, as part of directives for the implementation of the 9% Customer Service Tax (CST) increase, says the Ministry will...

Survival skills: Man’s barbering shop built in ‘trotro’ breaks the internet (Photos)

A young Ghanaian entrepreneur has got the internet buzzing with his unique innovation.He has set up a barbering shop in a commercial vehicle, popularly known...

Akufo-Addo promises to revive Ghana Consolidated Diamonds

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Chiefs and people of Akwatia that his government will do all within its power to...

Photos: President Akufo-Addo inaugurates two warehouses in Ejura

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated two warehouses in Ejura in the Ashanti Region as part of his tour of the Region.The...

Communications Ministry issues directive for 9% tax increment

The Communications Ministry has issued directives for the implementation of the 9% communication tax increment.According to the Ministry, the increment is from the existing...

Vokacom gets global recognition at ITU World Awards in Budapest, Hungary

Vokacom, a wholly-owned Ghanaian Information Technology (IT) company, has won this year’s World Global SME Award for Best Business Model.At the 2019 edition...

Ghanaian businesses don’t understand Customer Service – ICSP

Head of the Institute of Customer Service Professionals (ICSP), Yvonne Ohui Maccarthy, has said most Ghanaian businesses do not understand the underpinning issues of...

BoG to improve cedi stability with $125 million injection

The Bank of Ghana has planned to inject $125 million into the Ghanaian economy in the last quarter of the year to shore up...

AngloGold Ashanti donate 2 vehicles to help police combat crime

Anglogold Ashanti has delivered two Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Police Divisional Command to boost their security operations in the mining town of Obuasi.The vehicles,...

Nigerian gov’t demands $62 billion dollars from big oil companies for past profits

Nigeria is seeking to recover as much as $62 billion from international oil companies, using a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that enables the state to increase...